Australian data catalogue

Catalogue of open data potentially useful for OpenStreetMap in Australia tracking licensing and waiver status. Maintained by @aharvey.

Dataset Name	Jurisdiction	Theme	License	Editors	Currency	Notes
	AUST-WIDE
GNAF	AU	Addresses	CC BY 4.0 with Mail Restriction => Incompatible with ODbL		Updated quarterly
PSMA Admin Boundaries	AU	Admin boundaries	CC BY 4.0 with waiver		Updated quarterly	Import/Catalogue/PSMA Admin Boundaries
ASGS LGA	AU	Admin boundaries	CC BY 2.5 - move to 4.0 in progress		Updated annually	Approximation of actual boundaries only, should use PSMA or state data instead
ASGS Postal Areas	AU	Admin boundaries	CC BY 2.5 - move to 4.0 in progress		Updated annually	Approximation of actual boundaries only
ASGS Suburbs	AU	Admin boundaries	CC BY 2.5 - move to 4.0 in progress		Updated annually	Approximation of actual boundaries only, should use PSMA or state data instead
ASGS Mesh Blocks	AU	Landuse	CC BY 2.5 - move to 4.0 in progress		every 5 years
AGRI	AU	Imagery 2.5m	CC BY 4.0 - Agreed to terms of waiver via email, but unable to sign. This confirmation via email should be sufficient.	Yes	2006-2010
Geoscience Australia Online Maps	AU	Basemap	CC BY 4.0 - Agreed to terms of waiver via email, but unable to sign. This confirmation via email should be sufficient.
EMSINA Emergency Facilities	AU	POI	CC BY 4.0 - Agreed to terms of waiver via email, but unable to sign. This confirmation via email should be sufficient.
Australian National University MapsOnline maps	AU	Various	CC BY 4.0 - Agreed to terms of waiver via email.
Surface Hydrology Lines Surface Hydrology Polygons Surface Hydrology Points	AU	Waterways	CC BY 4.0 - Agreed to terms of waiver via email, but unable to sign. This confirmation via email should be sufficient.
CAPAD	AU	Protected areas	CC BY 4.0 with waiver		bi-annually
Australian Marine Parks	AU	Protected areas	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
Location of Centrelink Offices	AU	POI	CC BY 3.0 Australia - Waiver sent 3rd October 2019		monthly	Alternative link
Planet Labs Australian Bushfire Imagery	AU	Imagery	CC BY-SA / CC BY-NC - with waiver (limited to specified areas only)
	ACT
ACTION GTFS	ACT	Transit	CC BY 4.0 - dataACT waiver sent, in touch 9th Jan 2019
ACT School Locations	ACT	POI	CC BY 4.0 - dataACT waiver sent, in touch 9th Jan 2019
ACT School Locations	ACT	POI	CC BY 4.0 - dataACT waiver sent, in touch 9th Jan 2019
ACTmapi Road Centerlines Road Restrictions Tracks Pedestrian Areas Driveways Carparks	ACT	Transport	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
TAMS Road Signs On-Road Cycling	ACT	Transport	CC BY 4.0 - dataACT waiver sent, in touch 9th Jan 2019
TAMS Fitness Sites Public Art Libraries Exercise Equiptment Drinking Fountains Graffiti Sites Lights	ACT	POI	CC BY 4.0 - dataACT waiver sent, in touch 9th Jan 2019
ACTmapi Public Furniture Basketball Courts Playgrounds BBQs Dogparks Beaches Playareas Reserves Names Skate Parks Water Features Toilets Wetlands Survey Marks	ACT	POI	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
ACTmapi Buildings Address Blocks	ACT	Buildings / Addresses / Cadastre	CC BY 4.0 with waiver			import scripts
ACTmapi Divisions Districts	ACT	Admin boundaries	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
ACTmapi Territory Plan Land Use Zones	ACT	Landuse	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
ACTmapi 2017 Imagery	ACT	Imagery	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	Yes	2017
ACTmapi 2018 Imagery	ACT	Imagery	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	Yes	2018
	NSW
NSW LPI Imagery	NSW	Imagery	CC BY 3.0 - explicit permission - Moving to CC BY 4.0 in indeterminate time frame.	Yes
NSW LPI Basemap	NSW	Basemap	CC BY 3.0 - explicit permission Moving to CC BY 4.0 in indeterminate time frame.	Yes
NSW LPI POI	NSW	POI	CC BY 3.0 - explicit permission Moving to CC BY 4.0 in indeterminate time frame.			esri-dump the webservice
TfNSW GTFS	NSW	Transit	CC BY 4.0 with waiver		weekly
TfNSW Cycleways	NSW	Transport	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
TfNSW Speed Zones	NSW	Transport	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
TfNSW Boat Ramps	NSW	POI	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
Geographical Names Register	NSW	Place names	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	No	Good	as geojson/osm
NPWS Estate	NSW	Admin boundaries	CC BY 4.0 with waiver		3 monthly
NPWS Offices Gates Lookouts Buildings Visitor Areas Tracks Roads Facilities	NSW	POI	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
NSW Public Schools	NSW	POI	CC BY 4.0 with waiver		2016 or later	to OSM
NSW Non-Government Schools University Campuses	NSW	POI	CC BY 4.0 (version confirmed via email), but owned by https://www.acara.edu.au/contact-us/acara-data-access who have an incompatible license.
RFS Neighbourhood Safer Places	NSW	POI	CC BY 4.0
Maxar Bushfire Imagery	NSW	Imagery	CC BY-NC 4.0 with explicit permission	Yes	2018-2020	https://gist.github.com/andrewharvey/57da8ad7f9f425d4c811e6cd33b2fdcb
Waverley Council Data	NSW	POI	CC BY 4.0 - waiver request sent 2020-02-19
	NT
NTLIS	NT	Basemap	Not under open license, understanding is that they will move to open data but no timeframe. Last contacted Oct 2017.
NT Schools	NT	POI	CC BY 4.0
City of Darwin Traffic Signals	NT	Transport	CC BY 4.0 - waiver sent 22/3/2019
NT Parks and Reserves	NT	Protected Areas	CC BY 4.0
NT Roads	NT	Transport	CC BY 4.0
	QLD
QSpatial, Department of Transport and Main Roads, State controlled roads surveyed centreline - Queensland	QLD	Transport	CC BY 4.0 with waiver			QSpatial State Controlled Roads dataset
QSpatial Property Address or DCDB (DNRM)	QLD	Addresses	CC BY 4.0 - waiver rejected https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2018-March/011694.html confirmed still not able to agree to waiver in Dec 2018			oa PR
Queensland Globe Imagery	QLD	Imagery	Appears to not be under an open license
QSpatial Road and Street Web Map Service	QLD	Transport	CC BY 4.0 - waiver rejected https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2018-March/011694.html confirmed still not able to agree to waiver in Dec 2018
QSpatial Baseline Roads and Tracks	QLD	Transport	CC BY 4.0 - waiver rejected https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2018-March/011694.html confirmed still not able to agree to waiver in Dec 2018
QSpatial Basemap Topographic Web Service	QLD	Basemap	CC BY 4.0 - waiver rejected https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2018-March/011694.html confirmed still not able to agree to waiver in Dec 2018
QSpatial Map Lite Web Service	QLD	Basemap	CC BY 4.0 - waiver rejected https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2018-March/011694.html confirmed still not able to agree to waiver in Dec 2018
Translink GTFS (TMR)	QLD	Transit	CC BY 4.0 - explicit permission - waiver sent 16th Mar (TMR), followed up 13th Mar, last update 24th Apr
Department of Environment and Science Protected Areas of Queensland	QLD	Protected Areas	CC BY 3.0 AU with waiver
QLD Schools	QLD	POI	CC BY 4.0
Brisbane City Council	QLD	POI / Transit / Addresses	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
Gold Coast	QLD		CC BY 3.0 AU - waiver sent 6th Aug 2018 - explicit permission received but still discussing waiver Sept 2019
Ipswich Traffic Signals	QLD	Transport	CC BY 3.0 AU
Logan City	QLD		CC BY 3.0 Unported - waiver sent 20th Nov 2019 to generic council mailbox.
Noosa	QLD	POI / Transport	CC BY 4.0 - with waiver
Noosa Aerial Imagery	QLD	Imagery	Licensed through DNRME, so Noosa is unable to provide any permission.
Sunshine Coast Council	QLD	POI / Transport / Addresses	CC0, CC BY 3.0 - waiver sent Nov 2019 to contact form
City of Townsville Land Parcels Properties Road Centerlines Suburbs	QLD	Addresses Transport Admin Boundaries	CC BY 4.0 with waiver (ambiguous as to which datasets it covers due to the URL, those listed on the left are okay, others we should confirm before using)
	SA
Location SA Topographic	SA	Basemap	confirmed not under an open license, may move to CC BY in the near future, last contact Nov 2019
Location SA Imagery	SA	Imagery	confirmed not under an open license, may move to CC BY in the near future, last contact Nov 2019	No
Location SA Basemap	SA	Basemap	confirmed not under an open license, may move to CC BY in the near future, last contact Nov 2019
Adelaide Metro GTFS (DTPI)	SA	Transit	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
Adelaide Public Transport Stop Data (DTPI)	SA	Transit	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
DPTI SA South Australian State Gazetteer	SA	Place names	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
DPTI SA State Maintained Roads Roads Pedestrian Crossings Traffic Signals Rail Network Rest Areas Bridges BikeDirect (Cycle Routes) School Crossings Boating Facilities Jetties	SA	Transport	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
DPTI SA Suburbs LGAs Towns	SA	Admin boundaries	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
DPTI SA Landuse	SA	Landuse	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
SA Health Hospital Locations BreastScreen Clinics GP Plus Clinics Child & Family Health Service Centre Retirement Villages	SA	POI	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
SA Environment Conversation Reserve Parcels Parks	SA	Protected areas	CC BY 4.0 with waiver			import discussion
SA Environment Recreation Trails	SA	Transport	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
SA Environment Landuse	SA	Landuse	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
SA Education Schools 2 Childcare	SA	POI	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
SA LGA POIs Adelaide Bollards Adelaide Bus Shelters Adelaide Foot and Cycle paths Adelaide Bike Racks Adelaide Drinking Fountains Adelaide Seats Adelaide Playgrounds Adelaide Picnic Tables Adelaide Parks Adelaide Cycle Routes Adelaide BBQs Adelaide Sporting Facilities Adelaide Roads Adelaide Litter Bins Adelaide Monuments Adelaide Footpaths Adelaide Bridges Adelaide Road Lanes Adelaide Lights Adelaide On Street Parking Burnside Toilets Burnside Parks Burnside Walking Trails Enfield Playgrounds Enfield Streets Enfield Footpaths Enfield Dogparks Enfield Skateparks Enfield Council Buildings Enfield Reserves Enfield POIs Enfield Public Toilets Mitcham Dogparks Mount Barker Dogparks Mount Barker Roads Naracoorte Lucindale Footpaths Onkaparinga Parks Onkaparinga Libraries Onkaparinga Public Art Playford Roads Prospect Parks Salisbury Reserves Salisbury Buildings Salisbury Water Features	SA	POI, Transport	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
SA Communities Emergency Services Centerlink	SA	POI	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
SA Environment Waterbodies Shipwrecks	SA	Waterways	CC BY 4.0 with waiver
Airborne Research Australia 2020 Bushfires Imagery	SA	Imagery	CC BY-NC-SA with tracing waiver	Yes	Jan 2020	https://gitlab.com/andrewharvey/ara-cogeo
	TAS
listdata	TAS	Basemap	CC BY 3.0 - does not agree to waiver in May 2017 and again in Dec 2018 due issues with chained attribution
listdata Imagery	TAS	Imagery	CC BY 3.0 - does not agree to waiver in May 2017 and again in Dec 2018 due issues with chained attribution
Tasmania Placenames	TAS	Place names	Closed license
Launceston City Council Orthophoto	TAS	Imagery	nonfree with waiver	PR	2013
Launceston City Council Open Data	TAS	Addresses / Transport / POI	CC BY 3.0 with waiver	No
Hobart City Council	TAS	Buildings	CY BY 3.0 AU			Buildings imported pre waiver in https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/28643542
Glenorchy City Council	TAS	Buildings	CC BY 3.0 AU
	VIC
VIC Schools	VIC	POI	CC BY 4.0
VicRoads Speed Signs	VIC	Transport	CC BY 4.0 waiver sent 12/12/2018	No
Vicmap Address	VIC	Addresses	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	No
Vicmap Admin	VIC	Admin boundaries	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	No
Vicmap Crown Land Tenure	VIC	Landuse	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	No
Vicmap Elevation	VIC	Terrain	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	No
Vicmap Features of Interest	VIC	POI	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	No
Vicmap Hydro	VIC	Waterways	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	No
Vicmap Planning	VIC	Landuse	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	No
Vicmap Property	VIC	Landuse/Cadastre	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	No		discussion
Vicmap Transport	VIC	Transport	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	No
Vicmap Vegetation	VIC	Landuse	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	No
VICNAMES	VIC	Place names	CC BY 4.0, subset of Vicmap Features of Interest which is covered already.
PTV	VIC	Transport	CC BY 4.0, waiver sent considering 17 Dec 2019	No		discussion
City of Ballarat	VIC		CC BY 3.0, explicit permission requested on Dec 26 2018 via Ballarat Building Import
City of Greater Bendigo	VIC
Brimbank City Council	VIC
Cardinia Shire Council	VIC
Colac Otway Shire	VIC
Corangamite Shire Council	VIC
City of Greater Geelong	VIC		CC BY 3.0
Golden Plains Shire Council	VIC
Hobsons Bay City Council	VIC	POI/Transport	CC BY 2.5 and CC BY 3.0 with waiver
Manningham City Council	VIC
City of Melbourne	VIC	Address / POI / Imagery	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	Yes	Annual (imagery)	imagery processing
Mitchell Shire Council	VIC
Nillumbik Shire Council	VIC
Northern Grampians Shire Council	VIC
City of Port Phillip	VIC
Greater Shepparton City Council	VIC
Southern Grampians Shire Council	VIC
Strathbogie Shire Council	VIC
Surf Coast	VIC
City of Whittlesea	VIC
Wyndham City Council	VIC	POI/Transport	CC BY 2.5 and CC BY 3.0 with waiver
Yarriambiack Shire Council	VIC
	WA
Transperth	WA	Transit	License not compatiable with ODbL			talk-au discussion
Main Roads WA Functional Class Wall Type or Fence Speed Limits Speed Zones Line Marking Road Hierarchy Road Network State Road Network Future Control of Access Signs - Regulatory Pedestrian Crossings Rail Crossings Culverts Focal Point Markers Intersections Structures Road Stopping Places	WA	Transport	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	PR		to OSM
WA Schools	WA	POI	CC BY 4.0
	NT
NT Parks and Reserves	NT	Admin Boundaries	CC BY (unspecified version)
NT Government Controlled Roads	NT	Transport	CC BY (unspecified version)
NT GTFS Darwin Alice Springs	NT	Transport	CC BY (unspecified version)
Dataset Name	Jurisdiction	Theme	License	Editors	Currency	Notes

License colours: Waiver rejected | Waiver in progress | Waiver completed (based on OSMF waiver, irrespective of explicit permissions)

Links

• https://osmlab.github.io/editor-layer-index/
• https://github.com/openaddresses/openaddresses/tree/master/sources/au
• https://github.com/andrewharvey/opendata4osm

See also

Permissions

contains a list of all obtained permissions grouped by the languages

Contributors

a list of all data contributors

New Zealand Data Catalogue